Following sell out seasons in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Japan, the international smash hit musical Blood Brothers continues to tour the U.K. and comes to St Helens Theatre Royal from Monday 17th November for one week only. Hailed as one of the best musicals of all time, Blood Brothers has triumphed across the globe. Scooping up no less than four awards for best musical in London and seven Tony Award nominations on Broadway, Blood Brothers is simply unmissable and unbeatable. This epic tale of Liverpool life ran in London’s West End for 24 years and has been touring the U.K. since 1995.
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PurpleCoat Productions To Bring Breezeblock Park To The Lantern Theatre.
It was the play that inspired The Royle Family, and next month, Liverpool’s PurpleCoat Productions bring Willy Russell’s Breezeblock Park to The Lantern Theatre between the 8th and 10th August.
Set amongst the bickering families of a 1970’s Liverpool council estate, the play is said to have inspired the popular classic sitcom, The Royle Family, when it premiered at the Liverpool Everyman in 1975. Back then, it starred a young Pete Poslthwaite and Julie Walters, and went on to be Willy Russell’s first big hit. It propelled him to go on to write such landmarks as Blood Brothers, Shirley Valentine, Stags and Hens and Educating Rita.